Use These Woman-Friendly, Free Range, Organic Condoms For a Cause

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Using condoms, while absolutely necessary (ABSOLUTELY necessary, no exceptions, especially if my 18-year-old sister is reading this) can be kind of a bummer sometimes. Something that should be the most intimate moment between you and your partner can end up in slippery chemical-lube weirdness or otherwise unnatural un-sexytimes due to love gloves.

But now there's a new, dare we say, sweeter option for safe sex thanks to photojournalist Talia Frenkel, the lady behind L. Condoms, a woman-friendlier alternative with natural Malaysian latex and lube that won't get all weird on you.

Frenkel noticed that all the prophylactics on the market were marketed for men, particularly indicated by their brand names — Magnum, Trojan, Armor. "Why do I feel I'm entering an artillery unit?" she told co.Exist about her thought process. "There's nothing sleek or sexy or sophisticated about them. It's fire and ice. And, what girl wants fire and ice in her?"

But the best part is, using L. Condoms comes with a philanthropic bonus — every time one is bought, another is sent to Africa as a push to cut the rate of HIV infections and other sexually transmitted diseases. Nine out of ten countries with high STD rates suffer from a shortage of available prophylactics.